Welcome

I am a mixed race East Asian talking therapist in Bristol, working face to face and online with adults. I work one to one and am happy to do either weekly or fortnightly sessions.

My aim is to with you to create a space where you feel compassionately accepted and heard. I will meet all of you with warmth, kindness and curiosity: including the parts you find hard to love. My practice is queer inclusive and anti-oppressive and I work with adults of all backgrounds. I have over six years experience working with ethnically diverse clients, along with my own lived experience. I am passionate about improving access to counselling for minoritised individuals and currently work at Nilaari Agency to help with this.

I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP 398658) and adhere to their ethical framework.

My Approach

My technical title is integrative relationship psychotherapeutic counsellor but here is a breakdown of what that means! I am always happy to talk with you in more depth about my approach with a free initial 20-30 min call.

I use a person-centred approach [PCA] as my foundation. This means I believe that each of us has the capacity to grow given the right conditions. Therefore I work to co-create a space with you which provides those conditions: a warm, empathetic and non-judgemental acceptance of you and your current circumstances.

I believe that the relationship we build is key to the work we do so encourage and welcome feedback. I will also be an active participant in the relationship: being myself with you whilst staying in the boundaries of a professional relationship. I respect everyone I work with as an individual and try my best to avoid making assumptions about you and what might help.

Being integrative means that, whilst I work with person-centred underpinnings, I also draw on a variety of other models to find a tailored approach that works best for you. Some models I call use are psychodynamic (working with your past to understand your present) and parts work (viewing the self as made up of multiple parts and communicating with these parts in various ways). I also draw on attachment theory and working with the body –if you’re comfortable with that– as this is often a good way to connect with emotions that are hard to reach just through talking. Talking therapy definitely involves a lot more than just talking.